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Tillypronie Description of stone
Event ID 1084408
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1084408
Tillypronie, Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.05m, W 0.63m max
Stone type: whinstone
Place of discovery: NJ 430 048
Present location: in Migvie Church.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded by Stuart in the mid nineteenth century, when it was built into the wall of the farm-steading at Mill of Newton, but it was said originally to have stood on a hillock known as Tom a Char to the west of the farm. Later in the century it was moved to the grounds of Tillypronie House, where it stood until 2006, when it was transferred to the church at Migvie (Canmore 16994).
Present condition: worn and damaged along the left-hand side.
Description
This stone bears two Pictish symbols: an indented rectangle and Z-rod over a crescent and V-rod.
Date: seventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 179-80; Fraser 2008, no 45.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019
